More Hoboken traffic headaches?

Didn’t take long for the first Madison St. accident in Hoboken

9/21/2012 Update:

Yep – just as we predicted yesterday – this wacky arrangement of arrows and bollards is just too much for this town. Hoboken411 reader Vinnie sent visual documentation of the accident as well as the resulting backlog of angry drivers.

Another day in Hoboken!

Madison St. opens in Hoboken – along with barriers and backups!

9/20/2012:

This week – the city re-opened the little stretch of Madison St. between Observer Highway and Newark Street. It’s complete with all sorts of new bollards that constrict the flow of traffic. You can’t make a left into this turn going eastbound on Newark, and the turn itself onto Observer is right turn only. (In case some of you are confused with the naming of the streets – note that Observer & Newark “criss cross” at Jefferson, and the names change.)

How many cars going westbound on Observer want to get back into Hoboken? Most of them are likely leaving town.

How many cars come from Jersey City (Marin Boulevard) that would want to make that turn instead of just going east?

But I noticed, during a VERY OFF PEAK time yesterday, that these bollards that prevent turning, also clog the flow of traffic east… and these backups I predict will soon cause gridlock (i.e., block blocking) at the Marin & Observer light. See some real examples in the photo gallery below – and try to predict when the first major accident will take place as a result.

Why can’t they back into those spaces when they’re traveling north on Madison from Newark? Plus the spaces are only for the firefighters, anyway.

@iamjessg, You can still make a left off of Observer onto Madison. That hasn’t changed. You just can’t make a left onto Observer from the new Madison extension.

I did notice that cars were driving over the new hatching painted on the westbound side of Newark this morning, though. Not sure why that area was hatched. [quote comment=”217196″]I don’t understand those angled parking spots on that part of Madison. Someone has to break the law to park in them. Why weren’t they re-striped to match the direction of traffic? [/quote]

Just had a serious accident at this very corner – Madison and Observer. What are the odds? Rush hour on a Friday.

This has always been a bad corner, have already seen like 3 accidents here myself, problem is people turning onto Madison like maniacs. The weird new orange barricades they put up now make the people already going down Observer from the West turn onto the block at an odd far away angle, thats probably why the folks on the other side of traffic going down Newark as it becomes Observer end up hitting aforementioned turners right at the firehouse.

So let’s see: stunning success for this new traffic experiment. All of like what 2 days? already a nice accident. At least the firehouse guys are already used to the drill to get folks out of the car accidents that happen here already, now they just will have to do it some more I guess. [quote comment=”217199″]Why can’t they back into those spaces when they’re traveling north on Madison from Newark? Plus the spaces are only for the firefighters, anyway.@iamjessg, You can still make a left off of Observer onto Madison. That hasn’t changed. You just can’t make a left onto Observer from the new Madison extension.I did notice that cars were driving over the new hatching painted on the westbound side of Newark this morning, though. Not sure why that area was hatched.[/quote]

i used to think this Mayor was a complete idiot, but i come to realize that no one can be this stupid, o the only other thing i can think of is that her royal HINEYNISS just wants to bring this town toits knees before she gets the boot out of office.